I <3 NY

I do. I heartses NYC! I can't believe the plane went down yesterday in the river and everything happened the way it did. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/15/new.york.plane.crash/ Thank God it wasn't raining. Thank God it wasn't the middle of the night. Thank God it wasn't as cold there as it was here yesterday (-5 with a -22 windchill). Thank God he decided to land there instead of trying to make it back to the airport or the NJ airport he'd called into. I mean...everything that could go right in the case where something goes horribly insanely wrong, went right. And on all days? The last day Bush speaks to the public? What the ...? It's amazing that they all got OUT of the plane and the commuter ferries got there so fast. I mean...if that had happened ANYWHERE else...there would not have been all those ferry boats. There would have been more severe hypothermia and probably a couple drownings. Josh said there was a baby on board. I can't imagine it would do well in the water. I was trying to Google for more info on it, but have yet to find anything. Josh said that the clip he saw, there was another passenger who said that the mom had to give the baby to someone else while she was climbing over seats? And I don't know about those details, but I do know that I would probably NEVER let go of Claire in an emergency like that. I do also remember that when we flew to FL last Turkey Day, that the Flight Attendant made a mom across the aisle from me take her little 4 month old boy OUT of her baby Bjorn because FAA regulations says babies can't be in slings during take off or landings. THAT SEEMS RETARDED. Seems like of ALL times, that would be the safest. Plus, Mom could safely exit, hands free, in an event such as this one. I think someone has their head up their ass about that topic...but that's another rant.

But well done NY! Good job! And what a nice victory for them! In an incredibly sad and horrible way, 9/11 wasn't without purpose. It made everyone prepared for a large emergency like this. They said "Nobody was severely hurt." As in dead. But broken legs and definitely some hypothermia and shock. Let's not forget about Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder (PTSD). There is a great book about this that I will try to post more on later, but for now I have to go! And I think it's pretty cool that we've been on one of those ferries!


Great Job NY and to everyone on the plane for staying calm and following orders! I <3 you, NY!